Cam Huong Cafe Deli

One of our new fave spots for Vietnamese banh mi sandwiches and traditional viet dishes you can get togo. Unfortunately, this place is street parking only. For clarity: they are not opened on Tuesday's, even though it says they're open on Yelp.

We get banh mi cha lua pate and bo nuong with veggies in the sides to prevent it from getting soggy while we travel back home or save for lunch the next day. Sometimes we get the lemongrass tofu (dau hu xa ot) and the lemongrass beef/pork? rice paper rolls (banh cuon thit nuong). Average $6.50 per sandwich.

This is mainly a togo spot so do not expect to be seated or waited on. Also, I usually like to call ahead to place my order for pick up, sometimes it gets busy in there and with tricky parking, I like to streamline the pick up process with the lack/scarcity of parking.

I work the grave yard shift so I appreciate that this place opens at 7am. I come here for their prepackaged meals whenever I'm too lazy to cook. They also sell banh mi and hot meals that you can take to go. The banh mi is pretty standard, nothing too special. They go pretty heavy on the Mayo and pate. So if you don't like too much of either, I would ask for less.

Parking is street parking and the area isn't too great. So plan accordingly. :)

Quality/Quantity -
Special Combo with Pork Roll Slices - Good, my usual go to item.
BBQ Chicken with Mayo - Got this for my wife, her usual go to item.
Large Chow Mein - Been craving noodles...

All of which were good. Nothing special, but good.
Good solid food for reasonable prices.

Also available are drinks, snacks, prepared foods, etc. See pictures.
Also available are soups, rice plates, lunch specials.
Catering is also available. I saw a separate line for catering pick up, and it was busy!

Atmosphere - Good size location; it looks like they are expanding into next door...? See pictures.
No restrooms; they had signs posted everywhere throughout. They must get asked this often.
Street parking, good luck.
Open 7 days a week from 7am to 6pm.

Service - Again, nothing special. Good, not bad. Efficient, not friendly, but not rude.
It was busy prime lunch time, but they were fairly organized. I also felt that most, if not all, of their customers were regulars, they all seemed to know where to stand and get in line, especially because they had minimum signage/directions.

Price - $20.50, inexpensive in my opinion.
2.8% charge to use a credit card. I paid cash.

Owner Comment - Congrats on your success since 1985 and with your two locations.

OMG,
I missed this delicious deli since they relocated from Webster
So glad I get a chance to try it out again
The quality of food are the same deliciously good. Service is super fast and they had the assembly line all worked out so fast and efficient. They offer cooked items and prepared lunch box to go for a quick bite and desserts ready made for grabs
Defiantly place for a quick and goof food

I took off a star because most of their items have no price and they didn't give me a receipt. Also, service was slow even though there were only 3 (including myself) customers and 5 workers. I hated having to ask what each thing costs and the worker was annoyed with having to answer me.

Combo sandwich (4/5)- my standard go-to. They've raised the price to $7 and gave me stale bread, didn't even toast it. Meat and veggies were plentiful and kind of makes up for it.

Yellow bean sesame ball (4/5): $1.25 each- this is one of those things you typically only find in Vietnamese establishments, as the Chinese places use red bean.

Spam musubi: $3/each- new item! Got it for my son and he really liked it

Coconut milk bean dessert (chè): (4/5) I didn't wanna know how much it costs, I just bought it. Really good and refreshing!

They have some of the best egg rolls, chicken leg quarters, grilled pork chops and bahn mi sandwiches. How can I forget the curry chicken, if it's available that day. Maannn... Mouth watering yummy. I wish the portion was bigger.

They can stay pretty busy. Sometimes the line is almost out the door. I believe prior to Covid there was dine in option. But now it's just to go. Which I always do anyway. Had a taste for them the other day but my son wanted something different. Lé sigh.... I'll see you again soon.

I've had my share of Bay Area banh mi's. It's not easy to find a good one. Cam Huong has solid banh mi's. Today we got two banh mi's - bbq chicken and bbq pork (char sui). They were both really good - crispy fresh bread, perfectly crunchy pickled carrots/daikon, generous amounts of meat, but more importantly, the meats tasted moist and flavorful. The bbq chicken was extremely moist with large pieces of thigh meat - I know this chicken is cooked fresh because they make large quantities of them for their plate lunches. Yes, prices did go up, but I'm willing to pay these prices for good tasting banh mi.

This is my go-to place for Banh Mi! I usually get Banh Mi #3 because I love Cha Luo (ham/pork roll). They allow customization to exclude toppings like pate (liver) and jalapeños.

They offer party platter options on a wide variety of noodles and appetizers. They said it is best to call and place the order one day in advance. I got their egg roll party platter and my guests compliment on it. I also ordered a chicken skewer party platter but they mistakenly gave me chicken wings.

If you order party platters for pick up, I recommend you to open the foil lid before you go to make sure you got the right order.

They take cash and Venmo. There is a 2.8% extra fee if you use credit card.

Nostalgic and a gem.

I came here for banh mi, and as always I got suckered up into grabbing more food that I could consume, as my eyes are larger than my stomach. Their ban mi dac biet can't beat Ba Le, but it got the job done. I'm a sucker for banh giay and nem chua, so of course I grabbed those as well!

I came here a few times to buy Vietnamese sandwiches when I lived in Alameda a few years ago, and they were good. I finally came back after the pandemic. It's near Oakland Kaiser so I decided to drop by.

The plate of egg meatloaf that I bought that day for $8 wasn't 100% fresh, hence the 2 stars. I was extremely disappointed after I tried it when I got back to SF. Initially I was so excited to see that they were selling egg meatloaf which I never see in SF. I love ordering the three color rice from restaurants which comes with an egg meatloaf. They really shouldn't be selling the egg meatloaf $8 if it's not 100% fresh! I felt cheated and not sure if I'll return again when I'm in Oakland next time...